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@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ standard library. - [About Abseil](#about) - [Quickstart](#quickstart) - [Building Abseil](#build) +- [Support](#support) - [Codemap](#codemap) +- [Releases](#releases) - [License](#license) - [Links](#links) @@ -42,14 +44,22 @@ the Abseil code, running tests, and getting a simple binary working. <a name="build"></a> ## Building Abseil -[Bazel](https://bazel.build) is the official build system for Abseil, -which is supported on most major platforms (Linux, Windows, macOS, for example) -and compilers. See the [quickstart](https://abseil.io/docs/cpp/quickstart) for -more information on building Abseil using the Bazel build system. +[Bazel](https://bazel.build) and [CMake](https://cmake.org/) are the official +build systems for Abseil. -<a name="cmake"></a> -If you require CMake support, please check the -[CMake build instructions](CMake/README.md). +See the [quickstart](https://abseil.io/docs/cpp/quickstart) for more information +on building Abseil using the Bazel build system. + +If you require CMake support, please check the [CMake build +instructions](CMake/README.md) and [CMake +Quickstart](https://abseil.io/docs/cpp/quickstart-cmake). + +## Support + +Abseil is officially supported on many platforms. See the [Abseil +platform support +guide](https://abseil.io/docs/cpp/platforms/platforms) for details on +supported operating systems, compilers, CPUs, etc. ## Codemap @@ -62,6 +72,9 @@ Abseil contains the following C++ library components: * [`algorithm`](absl/algorithm/) <br /> The `algorithm` library contains additions to the C++ `<algorithm>` library and container-based versions of such algorithms. +* [`cleanup`](absl/cleanup/) + <br /> The `cleanup` library contains the control-flow-construct-like type + `absl::Cleanup` which is used for executing a callback on scope exit. * [`container`](absl/container/) <br /> The `container` library contains additional STL-style containers, including Abseil's unordered "Swiss table" containers. @@ -79,6 +92,9 @@ Abseil contains the following C++ library components: available within C++14 and C++17 versions of the C++ `<type_traits>` library. * [`numeric`](absl/numeric/) <br /> The `numeric` library contains C++11-compatible 128-bit integers. +* [`status`](absl/status/) + <br /> The `status` contains abstractions for error handling, specifically + `absl::Status` and `absl::StatusOr<T>`. * [`strings`](absl/strings/) <br /> The `strings` library contains a variety of strings routines and utilities, including a C++11-compatible version of the C++17 @@ -97,6 +113,15 @@ Abseil contains the following C++ library components: * [`utility`](absl/utility/) <br /> The `utility` library contains utility and helper code. +## Releases + +Abseil recommends users "live-at-head" (update to the latest commit from the +master branch as often as possible). However, we realize this philosophy doesn't +work for every project, so we also provide [Long Term Support +Releases](https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/releases) to which we backport +fixes for severe bugs. See our [release +management](https://abseil.io/about/releases) document for more details. + ## License The Abseil C++ library is licensed under the terms of the Apache |